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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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101 Squadron Crest
05.12.1943 No. 101 Squadron Lancaster III DV270 SR-E F/O. Francis E. Oliver

Operation: Training

Date: 05th December 1943

Unit: No. 101 Squadron

Type: Lancaster III

Serial: DV270

Code: SR-E

Base: RAF Ludford Magna

Location: Binbrook Hall, Lincolnshire

Pilot: F/O. Francis Edward Oliver 124860 RAFVR Age 21, Killed

Fl/Eng: Sgt. Albert Douglas Wells 1604505 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

Nav: F/O. William Reid 135673 RAFVR Age 30. Killed

Air/Bmr: Sgt. John Winton Anderson 1585397 RAFVR Age 30. Killed

Air/Bmr 2: Sgt. Raymond Spierling 1424787 RAFVR Age 19. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Stanley George Burton 1335190 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

Air/Gnr: Sgt. Robert Stanley Bradbury 1621894 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off on a cross country training flight and whilst emerging from low cloud crashed into the ground near Binbrook Hall, Lincolnshire.

Sgt. John Anderson represented Great Britain in the 440 yards event in the International Match against France in 1935. 

 

Above left: Sgt. Stanley George Burton, right: memorial (please note that this is in private grounds and permission must be sought for access)

                    

A memorial to this crew now stands among the trees in private woodland at Scallows Hall Woods which is south of Wold Newton, Lincolnshire.

Burial details:

F/O. Francis Edward Oliver. Torquay cemetery Sec G.1. Grave 22080. Son of Richard John Oliver and of Katherine Lawry Oliver (née Bennett), husband of Eve Betty Pleydell Oliver (nee Chapman) of Torquay, England.

Sgt. Albert Douglas Wells. City of London Cemetery, Manor Park. Square 225, Grave 111271. Son of Albert Henry and Mary Ann Wells, of Dagenham, Essex, England.

F/O. William Reid. Barry Parish Churchyard Sec B. Joint grave 394. Son of James and Annie Stewart Duncan Reid, of Carnoustie, Scotland.

Sgt. John Winton Anderson. Louth cemetery Compt. 171. Grave 157. Son of Arthur and Florence Anderson, of Acklam, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.

Sgt. Raymond Spierling. Monmouth Church cemetery. Row L. Grave 26. Son of John and Doris Gwendoline Spierling, of Monmouth, Wales.

Sgt. Stanley George Burton. Hevingham (S.S. Mary and Botolph) churchyard. Son of Stanley George and Hilda May Burton, of Hevingham, England.

Sgt. Robert Stanley Bradbury. Bury Cemetery, Redvales. Sec J.P. 100. Grave 336. Son of Stanley and Sarah Bradbury, of Bury, England.

Researched for Mr. D.E. Barber cousin of Sgt. Stanley George Burton and all the crew relatives. For further details our thanks to the following, Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vol's. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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